CVE-2004-0396

Summary

CVECVE-2004-0396
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-06-14 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in CVS 1.11.x up to 1.11.15, and 1.12.x up to 1.12.7, when using the pserver mechanism allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via Entry lines.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cvs Cvs 1.11 All All All
Application Cvs Cvs 1.12 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.osvdb.org/6305 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
[Full-Disclosure] SUSE Security Announcement: cvs (SuSE-SA:2004:013) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.grok.org.uk
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- CVS heap overflow vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
e-matters : SECURITY af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.e-matters.de
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat update for cvs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-505-1 cvs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for cvs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Advisories - Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:10.cvs.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.freebsd.org
'Advisory 07/2004: CVS remote vulnerability' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Secunia - Advisories - FreeBSD update for cvs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVS Malformed Entry Modified and Unchanged Flag Insertion Heap Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA04-147A -- CVS Heap Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo update for CVS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
'[FLSA-2004:1620] Updated cvs resolves security vulnerabilities' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
'cvs server buffer overflow vulnerability' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2004-008.txt.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.NetBSD.org
Neohapsis Archives - Full Disclosure List - #0980 - [Full-Disclosure] Advisory 07/2004: CVS remote vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.slackware.com
'[OpenPKG-SA-2004.022] OpenPKG Security Advisory (cvs)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Secunia - Advisories - CVS Entry Line Heap Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Advisory 07/2004: CVS remote vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cert.uni-stuttgart.de
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#192038 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
O-147: Linux CVS Server Heap Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ciac.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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